John Savage (actor)

John Savage
Born	John Youngs (1949-08-25) August 25, 1949 Old Bethpage, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Susan Youngs (1967–1969; 2 children) Sandi Schultz (1993–present)

John Savage (born John Youngs; August 25, 1949) is an American actor.

Acting career

His first major film role was as Steven in the 1978 film, The Deer Hunter, the story of a group of Russian American steel workers during the Vietnam War. He also had a lead role in 1979's The Onion Field, the true story of policeman Karl Hettinger's personal struggle after witnessing the murder of his partner.

One of his most famous roles was as Claude Bukowski in the film Hair (1979). He had a brief role in Terrence Malick's war film, The Thin Red Line. In the late 1970s, he also appeared on Broadway in David Mamet's play, "American Buffalo" with Robert Duvall.

In more recent years he has been seen on the small as well as the big screen. He was the recurring character of Donald Lydecker in the first and second seasons of Dark Angel and portrayed Captain Ransom in the two part episode "Equinox" from Star Trek: Voyager.

Another recurring role found him as Henry Scudder in the HBO-produced television series Carnivàle. In 2005, he appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He lent his voice to a monologue on the title track of the album, This Town, by Steve Smith of Dirty Vegas (album released February 18, 2008). In September 2009, he appeared in the second episode of Season 2 of the Fox network drama Fringe.

He is currently starring in the western thriller "The Sorrow" with Kirk Harris, newcomer Ryan Ballance and Michael Madsen for director Vernon Mortensen. Savage also recently played a supporting role in the dark romantic comedy Hit List.

Family

Savage was born in Old Bethpage, New York, the son of Muriel, a homemaker, and Floyd Youngs, an insurance salesman who served on Guadalcanal during World War II with the Marine Corps. His sisters are Boston-based radio and television personality Robin Young and actress Gail Youngs. His brother is actor Jim Youngs.

Selected filmography

• Bad Company (1972)
• The Killing Kind (1973)
• Steelyard Blues (1973)
• The Sister-in-Law (1974)
• All the Kind Strangers (1974)
• Eric (TV Movie) (1975)
• The Deer Hunter (1978)
• Hair (1979)
• The Onion Field (1979)
• Inside Moves (1980)
• Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981)
• The Amateur (1981)
• Coming out of the Ice (1982)
• Brady's Escape (1983)
• Vengeance of a Soldier (1984)
• Maria's Lovers (1984)
• Nairobi Affair (1984)
• Soldier's Revenge (1985)
• The Little Sister (1985)
• Silent Witness (1985)
• Salvador (1986)
• Hotel Colonial (1987)
• Beauty and the Beast (1987)
• Caribe (1987)
• The Beat (1988)
• Do the Right Thing (1989)
• The Godfather Part III (1990)
• Mountain of Diamonds (1991)
• Hunting (1991)
• Door to Silence (1991)
• Primary Motive (1992)
• CIA II: Target Alexa (1993)
• The Dangerous (1994)
• Killing Obsession (1994)
• Deadly Weapon (1994)
• Berlin '39 (1994)
• Shattered Image (1994)
• Red Scorpion 2 (1994)
• The Takeover (1995)
• Fatal Choice (1995)
• The Conversion (The Outer Limits) (1995)
• Firestorm (1995)
• Carnosaur 2 (1995)
• OP Center (1995)
• The Crossing Guard (1995)
• Død Kalm (The X-Files) (1995) (TV episode)
• Amnesia (1996)
• White Squall (1996)
• One Good Turn (1996)
• Where Truth Lies (1996)
• American Strays (1996)
• The Mouse (1996)
• Flynn (1997)
• Little Boy Blue (1997)
• Hollywood Safari (1997)
• Hostile Intent (1997)
• A Corner of Paradise (1997)
• Before Women Had Wings (1997)
• Club Vampire (1998)
• Nightworld: Lost Souls (1998)
• The Thin Red Line (1998)
• Message in a Bottle (1999)
• The Jack Bull (1999)
• Summer of Sam (1999)
• Equinox (Star Trek: Voyager) (1999) (TV - 2 part episode)
• Christina's House (2000)
• The Virginian (2000)
• They Nest (2000)
• Dark Angel (2000–2001) (TV series)
• Dead Man's Run (2001)
• Redemption of the Ghost (2002)
• The Anarchist Cookbook (2002)
• Intoxicating (2003)
• Easy Sex (2003)
• Carnivàle (2003–2005) (TV series)
• Shortcut to Happiness (2004)
• Alien Lockdown (2004)
• Sucker Free City (2004)
• Admissions (2004)
• Aimée Price (2005)
• Iowa (2005)
• Confessions of a Pit Fighter (2005)
• Love's Long Journey (2005)
• The New World (2005) - Thomas Savage
• The Drop (2006)
• Kill Your Darlings (2006)
• Shut Up and Shoot! (2006)
• Downtown: A Street Tale (2007)
• The Violent Kind (2008)
• The Attic (2008)
• The Golden Boys (2008)
• The Grift (2008)
• From a Place of Darkness (2008)
• The Thacker Case (2008)
• The Red Canvas (2009)
• Handsome Harry (2009)
• Buffalo Bushido (2009)
• Anytown (2009)
• Bereavement (2010)
• Nephilim (2010)
• Spreading Darkness (2011)
• The Orphan Killer (2011)
• Hit List (2012)
• Gemini Rising (2012)

External links

• John Savage at the Internet Movie Database
• John Savage at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)